AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of
Crop Science
Crop Science
Dr Aikaterini Gkoltsiou is Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture Agricultural University of Athens (AUA).
Education: Ph.D. in Geography, University of the Aegean (2007), Μaster in Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.) University of Edinburgh (1996), First degree in Crop Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens (1993)
Professional/Academic experience: Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture (Landscape Design, Assessment, and Management) at the Laboratory of Floriculture & Landscape Architecture of the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), since 2022. She teaches several courses in Landscape Architecture at postgraduate and undergraduate level.
From 1997, she had her own practice on Landscape Architecture, in Athens-Greece (www.katerinagoltsiou.gr) and she specialized in a wide range of services in design, construction, and research sector of landscape architecture. She is also a partner of AGRODESIGN (www.agrodesign.gr), to promote agritourism and landscape design.
She was President of the European Region of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA Europe) (2021-2025), Vice President of IFLA (2024-2025), former IFLA Europe Vice President of Professional Practice (2019-2021), Delegate of PHALA-Greece in IFLA Europe (2016-2019), as well as president of the Panhellenic Association of Landscape Architects (PHALA) for six years (2016-2021). As such she is involved in many working groups and networks in European Commission and Council of Europe.
Research Interests: Since 2002, she is participating as project manager and scientific expert in EU research projects, focused on subjects related to landscape, landscape analysis and landscape character assessment, raising public awareness about landscape /environment, landscape management, the value of agricultural landscape and in general subjects related to the protection of nature and biodiversity. She has also been certified on public participation methods and since then, she is trying to raise awareness among the civil society, private organisations, and public authorities about the value of landscapes and their protection.
Publications: Amongst other publications she has peer reviewed publications in international journals, international conference proceedings and national conference proceedings, as well as books and chapters in books for the secondary and higher education.
Gkoltsiou, A., Terkenli, S.T., 2012. Αn interdisciplinary analysis of tourist landscape structure. TOURISMOS: An International Multidisciplinary Journal of Tourism, 07(2)
Gkoltsiou Α., Athanasiadou Ε., Paraskevopoulou Α., 2021. Agricultural Heritage Landscapes of Greece: three case studies and strategic steps towards their acknowledgement, conservation and management. Sustainability Special Issue - "Exploring Agricultural Heritage in European and Mediterranean Countries". Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 5955
Terkenli S.T., Gkoltsiou A., Kavroudakis D., 2021. The interplay of objectivity and subjectivity in Landscape Character Assessment: Qualitative and Quantitative approaches and challenges. Land, 10, 53.
Gkoltsiou A., Paraskevopoulou A., 2021. Landscape character assessment, perception surveys of stakeholders and SWOT analysis: a holistic approach to historical public park management. Journal of Tourism and Outdoor Recreation. 35, 1-17
Gkoltsiou, A. Krita, Ch.A. 2025. Towards a therapeutic landscape design approach for orthopedic hospitals: The Case study of KAT Attica General Hospital. Ecological Frontiers. Special issue entitled: Urban Nature and Human Health. ECOFRO-01333
Ntoulas, N., Spyropoulos, C., Paraskevopoulou, A. T., Podaropoulou, L., & Bertsouklis, K. (2025). Assessing the Performance of Jacobaea maritima subsp. sicula on Extensive Green Roofs Using Seawater as an Alternative Irrigation Source. Land, 14(11), 2214. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14112214
